Eason Tsang Ka Wai

The artist investigates the internal structure revealed behind the deceptively thin image of consumerism and psychological persuasion. By exposing the inner workings of the ubiquitous device in our modern society, Tsang reverses the power structure that produced them for spectacle and visual pleasure, and questions the semiotic foundation of referential relations.

Unordinary images captured from the artist’s daily life are printed on individual slides and made into light boxes. With the abnormal flashing and halos of lights, the works pinpoint a breakdown of order that is illuminated.

A 6 minute 55 second long shot video projection on a semi-transparent curtain, this work captures the movement of fleeting clouds that subtly negates the coordinates for the viewers, and traces the ambiguity that underlies one’s relationship with spatiality and temporality.

The video features a series of zoomed TV channel numbers at the top right corner of the screen. The channels have been set by the artist to switch once every second for a continuation of 30 seconds. In encapsulating the oppressive passage of time through the night, this work highlights the fragmented state of existence of the individual against the tremendous social mechanisms at work.

Housework is a series of works that questions the viewing of public spaces. The artist stages ironic interventions that negate the purposes of these mundane acts of cleaning, resulting in the realisation of a certain powerlessness in our systems. These interventions include physical material barriers or visual impairment.

Tsang transforms the patterns on everyday items into installation in Floral Fabric, before restoring it from installation to the graphic form through photography. The work is an exploration into the “re-manifesting” nature of photography.

The New Landmark series is an extension of Tsang’s past project Landmark series. Through the process of looking at the skyscrapers from an upshot angle, the artist started to observe closely the conditions of these landmarks in different times of the day and things happening in them.

In this densely populated city, buildings move vertically up toward the sky. On these vertically extending planes, the artist found the hidden new landmarks of the city.

Rooftop is a public yet private space. Artist sneaked into the rooftop of a skyscraper and captured the bird eye views of the architectural structure and human activities on the rooftops of the surrounding buildings.